How Long Can I Take Medications to Treat GERD?

How Long Can I Take Medications to Treat GERD? (0:13)

If possible, physicians like to keep people on drugs used to treat GERD for a finite amount of time, explains Lisa Ganjhu, DO, a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Medical Center. Learn more in this video.

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Ideally they like to keep you on a proton pump inhibitor for a finite amount of time and that keep people on chronically[sp?] as possible.